Summary: Phoenix Veterans Affairs Police leadership is scrambling to bury a Change.org page (this one) and a small news article, even coordinating with VA brass in Washington, D.C. for damage control. Why the panic? Because the page points to substantiated discrimination, pending lawsuits, and a long trail of internal complaints that could blow open during discovery. This isn’t about a website — it’s about the truth leadership doesn’t want in the daylight. 

🚨 PHOENIX VA POLICE: WHY THE PANIC OVER CHANGE.ORG? 🚨

For the past two weeks, Phoenix VA Police have been swimming in nonstop investigations — enough whispered allegations to fill a novel. Yet leadership’s main worry? A Change.org page. Yes, that website usually reserved for saving pandas 🐼 and getting Taco Bell 🌮 to bring back the Mexican Pizza. So why is leadership treating it like a national security leak? Because the so-called “Dirty Badges” page clearly hit a nerve (Read here).

If the site had no merit, why the frantic emails between “Big VA” — all the way up to the Under Secretary of the VA — on ways to address it? Why the sudden attempts to discredit a Davis Vanguard article (Read here)— a news group that’s not even CNN, Fox News, or a recognized local subsidiary news outlet — that cited it, to the point of trying to get executives and VA officials in Washington, D.C. to reach out and push for a retraction? The obsession is starting to look less like confidence and more like fear 😨.

📑CONFIRMED FACTS THEY CAN’T SPIN 📑

Apparently leadership is frustrated by two cases that keep getting referenced on this website. And you can almost hear the sarcasm dripping — they act like mentioning them is some grand conspiracy. Well, if mentioning the truth rattles you this much, maybe the problem isn’t the reference, maybe it’s what those cases actually prove. Let’s take a look:

• Bennett v. VA: Discrimination was substantiated on October 13, 2023 by the VA Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication (OEDCA) outside of the federal lawsuit and before (That's right! The VA substantiated discrimination againgst themselves!). Don’t take our word for it — FOIA the (Final Agency Decision (FAD) VA Case No. 200P-644-2022-147530). Of course, leadership says the case was dismissed — like any other civil lawsuit that settles (cue sarcasm 🙄) — but that dismissal came only after the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Phoenix VA Healthcare System’s legal team agreed to a settlement. See Bennett v. United States Dep’t of Veterans Affs., No. CV24-00084-PHX-SPL (D. Ariz. 2024). (Read the case here)

• Francis v. VA: This civil case is still active,  alive, and breathing. Starting with the first person in years to report discrimination in 2022 — which the VA settled (once again) through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) — and who, like others who reported wrongdoing, was targeted just months later. If it moves into litigation and discovery, depositions will drag every “dirty little secret” into the light — and many do not want to be pulled into a deposition. Leadership knows it. See Francis v. United States Dep’t of Veterans Affs., No. 2:25-cv-01009 (D. Ariz. 2025). (Read the case here)

Why do Bennett v. VA and Francis v. VA annoy leadership so much? Is it because those cases have legitimate standing and facts? Because they could expose issues in the department that everybody already whispers about? Will they bring to light the nearly 10 formal EEOs filed in the last three years, the pending OAWP complaints that can be subpoenaed, the OIG complaints, and all the investigations — whether substantiated, unfounded, or so heavily redacted that the truth gets buried?

And here’s the kicker — Phoenix VA hasn’t had a Black supervisor in over 20 years. Leadership probably can’t even tell you who the last one was. But they’ll still insist “it's all about merit.” Really? Bennett’s case already confirmed race discrimination. And no — before anyone starts clutching pearls — this is NOT some pitch for DEI talking points, it’s pointing out plain reality. How many more “coincidences” do we need before calling it what it is? 🤔

And here’s a message to the Black officers (not all) who chose to stay silent ("the Silent Few") out of fear the past sevearl years:

• You get what you get — no power, no authority, no leadership. Let that sink in. 🕳️

🔍A PATTERN THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES 🔍

Notice the trend: Whistleblowers and misconduct reporters get their credentials yanked, slapped with fit-for-duty exams, or accused of administrative violations dredged up from the past. Leaders with substantiated misconduct? Protected, promoted, or quietly rotated. If that doesn’t sound like selective enforcement, what does?

Current Phoenix VA Police Officers should try this simple exercise:

• Type your leadership’s names into Google. 

What comes up? Who knows, they may find they’re up for a Nobel Peace Prize 🏆 — or a Pulitzer 📰 or something.

🤡HYPOCRISY THAT CAN’T BE IGNORED 🤡

They say the Change.org page isn’t a “legit government site” — true, and they tell officers not to take it seriously. That’s rich, because neither is Yelp, and yet restaurants panic over a one-star review like it’s a death sentence. The difference? You can’t FOIA Yelp — but you can FOIA VA’s discrimination cases. And unlike a bad burrito 🌯 review, these cases come with sworn testimony and legal consequences ⚖️.

❓QUESTIONS EVERY VA POLICE OFFICER SHOULD BE ASKING ❓

1. If Change.org is just a website without credibility, why is leadership even addressing it, let alone losing sleep over it? 😴
2. Why is there no transparency on the sheer number of complaints, OAWP filings, and OIG investigations stacking up year after year? 📊
3. Why do misconduct reporters lose their credentials while supervisors with documented impairments and misconduct keep their authority? 🔑
4. Leaders flat-out insist websites, like the so-called “fake Giglio/Brady sites,” don’t matter — even though every prosecutor, defense attorney, and judge knows they absolutely do. ⚖️ (Here, take a look at the VA Police's Giglio/Brady page and profiles while you're at it - maybe even add to it [See here])
5. If leadership is this concerned about a website, what happens when sworn testimony, depositions, and subpoenas start pulling the truth into the open? 📜

💭FINAL THOUGHT 💭

Phoenix Veteran Affairs officers, VA officers across the nation, VA employees — let us be blunt. If everything here was baseless, leadership would mock it, dismiss it, and move on (like they tried to do for over a year). But now they’re not. They’re treating Change.org like a five-alarm fire 🔥. That tells you all you need to know. Because the page isn’t the problem — the truth is. And when people in power panic this much over a website, it’s not smoke, it’s fire. 🔥

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